Can I Pray Without Wudu If I'm Sick? Read This!

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Hi all readers! Are you looking for an explanation about "can I pray without wudu if I'm sick?"? If your answer is "Yes", congratulations! Now you are reading the right article. Why? Because that's what I will explain in this article. As Muslims, we must understand that. That's why I wrote this article. So, you must read it to the end!

Specifically, there are three important things about "can I pray without wudu if I'm sick?" which I will explain in this article. The three important things I mean are as follows:

Can I Pray Without Wudu?

The first important thing about "can I pray without wudu if I'm sick?" what I will explain now is "can I pray without Wudu?". I want you to understand that first before you read more explanations in this article because that is one of the basic questions in this discussion that must be well understood.

Prayer is one of the pillars of Islam. The point is that a person's Islam will not be perfect if he does not pray. We can find the command to pray in the Quran and hadith below:

وَاَقِيْمُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتُوا الزَّكٰوةَ وَارْكَعُوْا مَعَ الرّٰكِعِيْنَ

And establish prayer and give zakat and bow with those who bow [in worship and obedience]. (Al-Baqarah [2]: 43).

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : بُنِيَ الْإِسْلَامُ عَلَى خَمْسٍ : شَهَادَةِ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُوْلُ اللهِ , وَإِقَامِ الصَّلَاةِ , وَإِيْتَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ , وَصَوْمِ رَمَضَانَ , وَحَجِّ الْبَيْتِ

From Abdullah bin Umar the radliyallahu anhuma, he said, "The Messenger of Allaah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said, "Islam is built on five things; a testimony that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, perform prayers, pay zakat, fast in the month of Ramadan, and go on Hajj.”

As one of the obligations in Islam, we should not pray carelessly. There are many things to do before prayer and during prayer. One of them is purifying the body from minor hadas (الحَدَثُ الأَصْغَرُ) and major hadas (الحَدَثُ الأَكْبَرُ).

Minor hadas (الحَدَثُ الأَصْغَرُ) and major hadas (الحَدَثُ الأَكْبَرُ) are two things that cause us not to perform some acts of worship that require them to be in a holy condition. One of them is prayer.

Minor hadas (الحَدَثُ الأَصْغَرُ) can be removed by wudu or tayammum. The point is that wudu is the most important way to remove minor impurities. If we can't do that, we have to do tayammum.

Major hadas (الحَدَثُ الأَكْبَرُ) can be removed by ghusl Janabah or tayammum. The point is that ghusl Janabah is the most important way to get rid of major hadas. If we can't do that, we have to do tayammum.

Now, if you ask me, "can I pray without wudu?", the answer will be as follows:

1. If you have minor hadas, you cannot pray without wudu.
2. If you don't have a minor hadas, you can pray wudu.

That is a brief explanation of "can I pray without Wudu?". As Muslims, we must understand that.

Why Do I Have to Do Wudu Before Prayer?

The second important thing about "can I pray without wudu if I'm sick?" what I will explain now is "why do I have to do wudu before prayer?". I want you to understand that now because that is an important question about praying without wudu which has to be well understood.

In the previous few paragraphs, I explained that if you have minor hadas, you cannot pray without wudu. But if you don't have minor hadas, you can pray without wudu. I have also explained that the sacredness of the minor hadas (الحَدَثُ الأَصْغَرُ) and the major hadas (الحَدَثُ الأَكْبَرُ) is one of the conditions that we must fulfill before praying. So, the main point is that we must be pure from minor and major hadas.

Now, say that you have a minor hadas. Of course, you have to remove it before you pray. The reason is that your prayer will not be valid if you still have minor hadas. We can find this explanation in the hadith below:

عَنْ أَبِيْ هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : لَا يَقْبَلُ اللهُ صَلَاةَ أَحَدِكُمْ إِذَا أَحْدَثَ حَتَّى يَتَوَضَّأَ . مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ

From Abu Hurairah radiyallahu anhu, that the Messenger of Allah (Prophet Muhammad) sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, "Allah does not accept someone's prayer from you if he has hadas (small hadas) until he performs wudu." This hadith was narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim.

Now, if you have minor hadas and you ask me, “why do I have to do wudu before prayer?”, the answer is because your prayer will not be performed if you do not perform wudu.

That is a brief explanation of "why do I have to do wudu before prayer?". As Muslims, we must understand that.

Can I Pray Without Wudu If I'm Sick?

The third important thing about "can I pray without wudu if I'm sick?" what I will explain now is a specific explanation. So, I really hope that you guys read the explanation below very well.

If you are sick and have minor hadas, then the answers to these questions are as follows:

1. If you are sick and the doctor says that it is permissible for you to be exposed to water, you must perform wudu before prayer. In other words, you cannot pray without wudu even if you are sick.
2. If you are sick and the doctor says that you cannot be exposed to water, you must do tayammum before praying. In other words, you can pray without wudu if you are sick but you have to do tayammum.

Readers all! That is a brief explanation of "can I pray without wudu if I'm sick?" and some important things about it. Do you understand? If you have questions, feel free to ask!

I think that's enough for this article. May be useful. Amen.

See you again in the next article!